FolkWorld #50 03/2013
Radio Skala

Folk, World & Roots Music
- Best of 2012 -



Holger Brandstaedt's Best Loved Albums

Jon Boden "Songs from the Floodplain" England
Christoph Greuter "Nämis spille" Switzerland
Tom Liwa "Goldrausch" Germany
Felix Meyer "Erste Liebe / Letzter Tanz" Germany
O'Hooley & Tidow "The Fragile" England
Alistair Ogilvy "Leaves Sae Green" Scotland
One-eyed Mule "When Tomorrow Comes" Denmark
Karine Polwart "Traces" Scotland
Sean Riley & The Slowriders "It's been a long night" Portugal
Pascal von Wroblewsky "Seventies Songbook" Germany

Adolf Goriup's Best Loved Albums

Crossfiedler "Private Collection" Austria
Doppelbock "Wyt drüberuus" Switzerland
Gathering Time "Red Apples and Gold" USA
Gwenaël Kerleo "Quai N° 7" France
Marimba Mama "Horizons" Czech Republic
Amparo Sánchez "Alma de cantaora" Spain
Ciara Sidine "Shadow Road Shining" Ireland
Strömkarlen "Nu rinner solen op" Germany
Sweet Alibi "Sweet Alibi" Canada
West of Eden "Safe Crossing" Sweden

David Hintz's Best Loved Albums

Kyle Fosburgh "The Dreamer’s Eye" USA
J.C. Guichen "Chadenn Denel" France
Tom House "Winding Down the Road" USA
Hugo Race Fatalists "We Never Had Control" Australia
The Lumineers "The Lumineers" USA
Lorraine McCauley & the Borderlands "Light in the Darkest Corners" Scotland
Novi Sad "16 Songs, 22 Years" Austria
Punch Brothers "Who’s Feeling Young Now?" USA
The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock "The Brutal Here and Now" Ireland
Tirill "Nine and Fifty Swans" Norway

Seán Laffey's Best Loved Albums

Mick Conneely & David Munnelly "'Tis What It Is" Ireland
Fidil "The Old Wheel of Fortune" Ireland
Kathleen Gorey-McSorley "Cheoil Binn" Canada
O'Brien Mayock Ni Bhriain "Goodman Manuscripts" Ireland
The Olllam "The Olllam" Ireland
Tommie Potts "Traditional Fiddle Music from Dublin" Ireland
Cathy Ryan "Through Wind and Rain" USA
Karen Ryan "The Coast Road" England
Le Vent du Nord "Tromper le Temps" Canada
The Willis Clan "Chapter One – Roots" USA

Michael Moll's Best Loved Album

Andrea Capezzuoli e Compagnia "Leandra" Italy
Mary Dillon "North" Northern Ireland
Municipale Balcanica "Offbeat" Italy
Andrew Queen "Grow" Canada
Raiz & Radicanto "Casa" Italy
Kathryn Tickell "Northumbrian Voices" Britain
Les Tireux d'Roches "Ce qu'esse?" Canada
Triller "Ryttaren" Sweden
Zaches und die Grenzgänger "Dunkel wars der Mond schien helle Germany
Various Artists "No pasaran! Scots in the Spanish Civil War" Scotland

Alex Monaghan's Best Loved Albums

Goitse "Transformed" Ireland
Kayna "The Bootleg" Ireland
Brendan Mulholland "Jean's Hill" Ireland
Damien Mullane "13" Ireland
Joanny Niolou & Lucien Pillot "Face à Phasmes" France
Jenna Reid "Morning Moon" Scotland
Sketch "Shed Life" Scotland
Calum Stewart & Lauren McColl "Wooden Flute & Fiddle" Scotland
James Thomson & Chris Waite "Borders Young Pipers" Britain
Le Vent du Nord "Tromper le Temps" Canada

Karsten Rube's Best Loved Albums

Amy Antin "Just for the Record" USA
Dionne Bromfield - Good for the Soul England
Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden" USA
Club de Belugas - Forward Germany
Dota und die Stadtpiraten - Bis auf den Grund Germany
The Imagined Village "Bending the Dark" England
Karima Nayt "Quoi D'Autre?" Algeria
Odessa Express "Russanova" Germany
Maria Rita - Elo Brazil
Celine Rudolph - Salvador Germany

Eelco Schilders' Best Loved Albums

Blaudzun "Heavy Flowers" Netherlands
Czeremszyna "Todar" Poland
Felonious Bosch "Phenomena" USA
Daniel Herskedal & Marius Neset "Neck of the Woods" Norway
Emilia Lajunen "Turkoosi polkupyörä" Finland
Ljodahått "Eg stend eg seddu" Norway
Roosbeef "Warum" Netherlands
Sagapool "Sagapool" Canada
Nazaket Teymurova "Mugham" Azerbaijan
Rufus Wainwright "Out of the Game" USA

Walkin' Tom's Best Loved Albums

Al Andaluz Project "Abuab Al Andalus" Germany / Spain / Morocco
We Banjo 3 "Roots of the Banjo Tree" Ireland
Djønne & Børsheim "Toras Dans" Norway
Dónal Donnelly "Tremolo" Ireland
KAN "Sleeper" Britain
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha "Yö Rovaniemellä" Finland
Lyy "två" Sweden
Uxu Kalhus "Extravagante" Portugal
Värttinä "Utu" Finland
ZIRP "Drehvolution" Germany
O'Hooley & Tidow
Amparo Sanchez
Fidil
Mary Dillon
Les Tireux d'Roches
Zaches
No Pasaran
Sketch
The Imagined Village
Czeremszyna
Ljodahatt
Jaakko Laitinen
Lyy
Zirp


fRoots Album of the Year

..., Lau "Race the Loser", Karine Polwart "Traces", Staff Benda Bilili "Bourger Le Monde", Bellowhead "Broadside", Kathryn Tickell "Northumbrian Voices" Anaïs Mitchell "Young Man in America", Breabach "Bann", Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden", Chicha Libre "Canibalismo", Duncan Chisholm "Affric", Gilmore & Roberts "The Innocent Left", The Imagined Village "Bending the Dark", Jagwa Music "Bongo Hotheads", Annbjørg Lien "Khoom Loy", Kathleen MacInnes "Cille Bhrìde", Mama Rosin "Bye Bye Bayou", Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman "Hidden People", Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis "Greekadelia", Warsaw Village Band "Nord", ... Misc
Reissues & Compilations: "The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary", ... Hungary
Best Packaged Album: ..., Bellowhead "Broadside", Lau "Race the Loser", The Shee "Murmurations", ... Great Britain

Womex Awards

Womex Artist Award: Värttinä Finland
Womex Professional Excellence Award: Alexander "Sasha" Cheparukhin Russia
Womex Label Award: ..., World Music Network/Riverboat (Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis "Greekadelia"), Crammed Discs (La Chiva Gantiva "Pelao", Zita Swoon Group "Wait For Me", Jagwa Music "Bongo Hotheads", Chicha Libre "Canibalismo"), Six Degrees (Natacha Atlas "Mounqaliba - Rising: The Remixes"), Jaro Medien (Aldona "Sonnet", Dona Rosa "Sou Luz", Hazmat Modine "Cicada", Warsaw Village Band "Nord", Red Baraat "Chaal Baby"), Rockadillo (Värttinä "Utu"), ARC Music (Las Chicas del Tango "Tango de Norte a Sur"), Galileo MC (Matuto "Matuto", V/A "Radio Beirut"), Visage (Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana "Madreperla"), ... Misc

Songlines Music Awards

Best Artist: Anoushka Shankar India
Best Group: Tinariwen Mali
Best Albums: ..., Duncan Chisholm "Affric", Punch Brothers "Who’s Feeling Young Now?", The Other Europeans "Splendor", Staff Benda Bilili "Bourger Le Monde", ... Misc

World Music Charts Europe: Staff Benda Bilili "Bourger Le Monde", Eric Bibb & Habib Koité "Brothers in Bamako", Värttinä "Utu", Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis "Greekadelia", Warsaw Village Band "Nord", Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana "Madreperla", Ana Alcaide "La Cantiga del Fuego", Andrew Cronshaw "The Unbroken Surface of Snow", Anoushka Shankar "Traveller", Lepistö & Lehti "Radio Moskova", Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona "Folkpolitik", Amsterdam Klezmer Band "Mokum" Jagwa Music "Bongo Hotheads", Terakaft "Kel Tamasheq", Zita Swoon Group "Wait For Me", Shazalakazoo "Karton City Boom", Dona Rosa "Sou Luz", "Etno Slovenia: Music Routes - Highways and Byways", Chicha Libre "Canibalismo", Karima Nayt "Quoi D'Autre?", Kiran Ahluwalia "Aam Zameen - Common Ground", "Strom und Wasser feat. The Refugees", Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino "Pizzica Indiavolata", Dazkarieh "Eterno Retorno" , Leilia "Consentimento", Yasmin Levy "Libertad", Las Chicas del Tango "Tango de Norte a Sur", Daniele Dall'omo & Antonio Stragapede "Bologna tra le Corde", The Other Europeans "Splendor", Alamaailman Vasarat "Valta", Balkan Beat Box "Give", Raiz & Radicanto "Casa", Zdob si Zdub "Basta Mafia", Natacha Atlas "Mounqaliba - Rising: The Remixes" Dead Combo "Lisboa Mulata", V/A "Radio Beirut", Titi Robin "Les rives", Sophie Chavez & Baltazar Montanaro "Escales", Matuto "Matuto", Čankišou "Faÿt", Jewdyssee "5773", ... Misc
Favoritos Mundofonías: Alamaailman Vasarat "Valta", Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino "Pizzica Indiavolata" Gansan "Élégie berbère", Over Sundet "Masquerade" Staff Benda Bilili "Bourger Le Monde", Tref "Dampf", ... Misc
Babel Med Music Awards: Amira, ... Bosnia
Warsaw Village Band
Jagwa Band
Ana Alcaide
Zdob si Zdub
Over Sundet
Jewdyssee
www.frootsmag.com | www.womex.com | www.songlines.co.uk
www.wmce.de | www.mundofonias.com | www.babelmedmusic.com


The German Record Critics' Awards

"Texas Bohemia Revisted"USA
The Other Europeans "Splendor" Moldova
Kai Degenhardt "Näher als sie scheinen" Germany
Hannes Wader "Nah dran" Germany
Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden" USA
Warsaw Village Band "Nord" Poland
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird "Bad Old Songs" USA
Heike Kellermann "Beziehungs-weise" Germany
Stockholm Lisboa Project "Aurora" Portugal / Sweden
Paul Maar, Capella Antiqua Bambergensis, u.a. "Nasreddin Hodscha - Das fliegende Kamel" Germany / Turkey

Jahrespreis: Bill Callahan
USA
www.schallplattenkritik.de

Folker 'Die Besondere'

Bellevue Rendezvous "Salamander" Scotland
Sava "Labyrinth" Germany
"Strom und Wasser ft. The Refugees" Germany
Joy Dunlop "Faileasan - Reflections" Scotland
Franz Josef Degenhardt "Freunde feiern sein Werk" Germany
www.folker.de

Liederbestenliste

CDs des Monats: Felix Meyer "Erste Liebe / Letzter Tanz", Blandine Bonjour & Bernd Köhler "Les nouveau mousquetaires", Katja Maria Werker "Mitten im Sturm", Kai Degenhardt "Näher als sie scheinen", Caro.Kiste.Kontrabass "In der Nähe der Zufriedenheit", Wenzel & Band "Woody 100", Heike Kellermann "beziehungsweise", ... Germany
Empfehlungen: Ernst Molden "A so a scheena Dog", Georg Breinschmid "Fire", Reno Rebscher "Auf stillen Pfaden", Tempi Passati "Weit draussen", Tom Liwa "Goldrausch", Wolfgang Buck "Genau underm Himml", ... Germany, Austria
Liederpreis: Konstantin Wecker "Wut und Zärtlichkeit" Germany
Förderpreis: Caro.Kiste.Kontrabass Germany
www.liederbestenliste.de

German World Music Awards (RUTH)

Deutsche RUTH: Die Strottern & Blech Austria
Globale RUTH: Al Andaluz Project Germany / Spain / Morocco
Ehren-RUTH: Hannes Wader, Gertrude Degenhardt/ Jürgen B. Wolff Germany
www.weltmusikpreis.de

Amadeus Austrian Music Awards

Lebenswerk: Ludwig Hirsch Austria
Album des Jahres: Hubert von Goisern "EntwederUndOder" Austria
Song des Jahres: Holstuonarmusigbigbandclub ("Vo Mello bis ge Schoppornou") Austria
Pop / Rock: Hubert von Goisern Austria
www.amadeusawards.at

Eiserner Eversteiner: Árstíðir, Gankino Circus Iceland, Germany
Hoyschrecke: Nadine Maria Schmidt, Schwarz un Schmitz, ... Germany
Hans-Seidel-Stiftung - Förderpreise für Liedermacher: Roger Stein, ... Germany
HANS - Der Hamburger Musikpreis: Gisbert zu Knyphausen, ... Germany
Transvocale-Preis: Felix Meyer, ... Germany
Jugend kulturell Förderpreis: marie & the redCat, ... Germany
Praetorius Musikpreis: Die Dissidenten Germany
Bayrischer Volkskulturpreis: Andrea Pancur, ... Germany
Troubadour Wettbewerb: Svavar Knutur Iceland
Fred-Jay-Preis: Anna Depenbusch Germany
Deutscher Chanson Preis: Anna Depenbusch Germany
Frankfurter Musikpreis: John McLaughlin England
Bad Bevensen-Preis: Otto Groote Ensemble Germany
Deutscher Musikautorenpreis: Danny Dziuk, Gerhard Schöne, ... Germany
Bonner Kabarettpreis Pantheon: Konstantin Wecker Germany
Deutscher Rock & Pop Preis: Celtic Cowboys, Cúl na Mara, Ann Doka, Patapan, Guido Plüschke, Schné Ensemble, ... Germany
Integrationsmedaille der Bundesregierung: Heinz Ratz Germany
Ernst Reuter Initiative: Paul Maar, Capella Antiqua Bambergensis, u.a. "Nasreddin Hodscha - Das fliegende Kamel" Germany / Turkey
Schweizer Kleinkunstpreis: Pippo Pollina Italy
Pasticcio-Preis (Ö1): Federspiel "BUMM!" Austria
Kai Degenhardt
Nasreddin Hodscha - Das fliegende Kamel
Strom & Wasser
CaroKisteKontrabass
Die Strottern
Hubert von Goisern
Gankino Circus
Svavar Knutur
Federspiel
www.malzhaus.de | www.hoyschrecke.de | www.hss.de | www.hans-hamburger-musikpreis.de |
www.transvocale.eu | www.jugend-kulturell.de | www.troubadour.de.com www.musikautorenpreis.de |
www.musik.messefrankfurt.com | www.musiker-online.de | www.ktv.ch |


BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

Best Duo: Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman England
Best Group: Lau Scotland
Best Album: Bellowhead "Broadside" England
Roots Award: Billy Bragg England
Musician of the Year: Kathryn Tickell England
BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award: Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar England
Lifetime Achievement: Aly Bain, Roy Harper, ... Scotland / England
www.bbc.co.uk

Spiral Awards

Trad Folk Album: Kathryn Tickell "Northumbrian Voices" England
Instrumental: Treacherous Orchestra "Origins" Scotland
Male Singer: Ewan McLennan Scotland
Live Act: "The Lock In" England
Songwriter: Nick Burbridge England
Special Award: Damien Barber England
www.spiralearth.co.uk

Fatea Awards

Track/Song Of The Year: Gilmore & Roberts ("Dr James") England
Instrumental Album Of The Year: The Hut People "Picnic" England
Male Vocalist Of The Year: Alistair Ogilvy Scotland
Tradition: The Unthanks England
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dave Swarbrick England
www.fatea-records.co.uk

Scots Trad Music Awards

Album of the Year: Kathleen MacInnes "Cille Bhrìde - Kilbride" Scotland
Composer of the Year: Mike Vass Scotland
Instrumentalist of the Year: Duncan Chisholm Scotland
Live Act of the Year: Session A9 Scotland
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Paul McKenna Scotland
Scottish Folk Band of the Year: Breabach Scotland
Trad Music in the Media: Julie Fowlis for Brave Scotland
www.handsupfortrad.co.uk
Bellowhead
The Lock In
Nick Burbridge
Kathleen MacInnes
Duncan Chisholm


liveIreland Music Awards

Group of the Year: The Outside Track Canada / Scotland / Ireland
Female Vocalist of the Year: Norah Rendell Canada
Male Vocalist of the Year: Seamus Begley Ireland
Female Musician of the Year: Michelle Mulcahy Ireland
Male Musician of the Year: Kevin Crawford Ireland
Instrumental Album of the Year: Karen Ryan "The Coast Road" England
New Group of the Year: We Banjo 3 Ireland
Concert of the Year: We Banjo 3 @ IrishFest Milwaukee Ireland
my.liveireland.com

Irish Music Awards

Top Group: Gaelic Storm USA
Top Traditional Group in a Pub, Festival, Concert: Dervish Ireland
Tommy Makem Award: The Irish Rovers USA
Top Harpist: Seana Davey Ireland
Top Button Accordion: Paddy O'Brien Ireland
Lifetime Achievement Award: Joanie Madden USA
www.irishmusicawards.com

TradConnect Top 15 Albums

Album of the Year: Caitlín Nic Gabhann "Caitlín" Ireland
Runners-up: Dónal Donnelly "Tremolo", Damien Mullane "13", Colm Gannon "The Rights of Man", We Banjo 3 "Roots of the Banjo Tree", Cara "Long Distance Love", Dónal McCague "Bits'n'Pieces", Kevin Crawford "Carrying the Tune", Socks in the Frying Pan "Socks in the Frying Pan", Karen Ryan "The Coast Road", V/A "Nights in Shanaglish", The Olllam "The Olllam", MacDara Ó Raghallaígh "Ego Trip", Paul McGlinchey "The Boys of the Town", ... Ireland, England, USA
www.tradconnect.com

TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards

Gradam Ceoil (Musician of the Year): Dermot ByrneIreland
Ceoltóir Óg (Young Musician): Dónal McCagueIreland
Cumadóir (Composer): Tommy PeoplesIreland
Amhránaí (Singer): Séamus Ó BeaglaoichIreland
www.gradam.ie

Fiddler's Green Awards

The Fiddler's Green Creative Arts Award: John Sheahan USA
www.fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk

Celtic Radio Music Awards: Celtica, The Irish Rovers, Andrew McFayden, ... Misc
www.celticradio.net
The Outside Track
Begley / Mac Diarmada
We Banjo 3
Cara
Donal McCague
Irish Rovers


Danish Music Awards

Album of the Year: Harald Haugaard "Den femte søster" Denmark
Instrumentalist of the Year: Harald Haugaard Denmark
Vocalist of the Year: Hal Parfitt-Murray ("Big Basco") Denmark
Folk Track of the Year: "The Danish Immigrant" (Rune Barslund & Andreas Tophøj) Denmark
World Track of the Year: "Through the Mud" (Tako Lako) Denmark
New Talent of the Year: Trias Denmark
Traditional Prize of the Year: Jensen & Bugge Denmark
Prize of Honor of the Year: Morten Alfred Høirup Denmark
www.folkemusik.dk | www.worldmusic.dk

Emma Gaala

Export Emma: Värttinä Finland
Etno Emma: Maria Kalaniemi & Timo Alakotila "Åkerö" Finland
www.emmagaala.fi
Jensen & Bugge
Värttinä


Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros

Le Vent Du Nord Canada
Brigitte France
...
www.charlescros.org
Le Vent du Nord


Folk Radio Top Albums

..., Stan Rogers, The Honey Dewdrops, The Chieftains, Nanci Griffith, Kate Campbell, The Steel Wheels, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Tim Grimm, Darrell Scott, Greg Brown", Antje Duvekot, Eliza Gilkyson, Grant Peeples, Sarah McQuaid, Dana & Susan Robinson, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, The Once, Joe Crookston, Twangtown Paramours, Gathering Time, Tom Paxton, Mariel Vandersteel, Bill Evans, Coty Hogue, Guy Clark, Loudon Wainwright III, Old Crow Medicine Show, Geoff Bartley, Altan, Peter Mayer, Ben Bedford, Le Vent Du Nord, Molasses Creek, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Loreena McKennitt, James Keelaghan, Anne Hills, Roy Schneider, Steep Canyon Rangers, Peggy Seeger, John Wort Hannam, David Francey, Annalivia, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys, Bobtown, Rose Cousins, West Of Eden, John Hartford, Old Man Lüdecke, Peter, Paul And Mary, Richard Thompson, Mary Black, Catie Curtis, Runa, Loretta Hagen, Annabelle Chvostek Ensemble, Bonnie Raitt, I See Hawks In L. A., Jerry Douglas, Punch Brothers, Buskin And Batteau, Jack Hardy, The Gibson Brothers, Susan Werner, Rhonda Vincent, Pieta Brown, Sultans Of String, Two Man Gentleman Band Dala, Gretchen Peters, Kennedys, Eric Bibb, Madison Violet, Michael Jerome Browne, Burns & Kristy, Battlefield Band, Emily Pinkerton, John Doyle, La Bottine Souriante, Mary Gauthier, Anais Mitchell, Dennis Warner, Solas, Penny Nichols, ... Misc
www.folkradio.org

Roots Music Report

Top 100 Folk Albums: ..., Carolina Chocolate Drops "Leaving Eden", Cahalen Morrison & Eli West "Our Lady of the Tall Trees", Nanci Griffith "Intersection", Sarah McQuaid "The Plum Tree and the Rose", The Honey Dewdrops "Silver Lining", Ben Bedford "What We Lost", Madison Violet "The Good in Goodbye", Sarah MacDougall "The Greatest Ones Alive", The Deep Dark Woods "The Place I Left Behind" , The Chieftains "Voices of Ages", Annalivia "The Same Way Down", June Tabor"Ragged Kingdom" , John Doyle "Shadow and Light", Gretchen Peters "Hello Cruel World", The Once "Row upon row of the people they know", Loretta Hagen "Mud and Stone", The Olllam "The Olllam", Angel Snow "Angel Snow", Ani Difranco "Which side are you on?", Geoff Bartley "Mercy for the Dispossessed", Anais Mitchell "Young Man in America", Antje Duvekot "New Siberia" , Marci Geller "Open Book", Jon Brooks "Delicate Cages", Battlefield Band "Line-up", Old Man Lüdecke "Tender is the Night", Various Artists "A Nod to Bob 2", Annabelle Chvostek "Rise", David Francey "Late Edition", Kate Campbell "1000 Pound Machine", The Civil Wars "Barton Hollow", ... Misc
Blues: ..., The Blues Broads "The Blues Broads", Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King "Unplugged", Heritage Blues Orchestra "And Still I Rise", Suzie Vinnick "Me ‘n’ Mabel", The Mannish Boys "Double Dynamite", Michael Jerome Browne "The Road Is Dark", Hugh Laurie "Let them talk", Ana Popovic "Unconditional" , Big Pete "Choice Cuts", Guitar Mikey and the Real Thing "Out of the Box", ... Misc
Roots Rock: ..., Bonnie Riatt "Slipstream", Donal Hinely "The Famous Rocket Cage", The Lumineers "The Lumineers", Kathleen Edwards "Voyageur", Elliott Brood "Days Into Years", Great Lake Swimmers "New Wild Everywhere", Hoots & Hellmouth "Salt", Otis Gibbs "Harder Than Hammered Hell", The Band of Heathens "Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son", Langhorne Slim "The Way We Move", Blame Sally "Speeding Ticket and a Valentine", Cowboy Junkies "The Wilderness", AJ Downing "Good Day", Aimee Mann "Charmer", Pat Green "Songs We Wish We’d Written II", ... Misc
Bluegrass: ..., Bearfoot "American Story", Steep Canyon Rangers "Nobody Knows You", Bill Evans "In Good Company" , I Draw Slow "Redhills", Dale Ann Bradley "Somewhere South of Crazy", Dehlia Low "Ravens & Crows", Audie Blaylock & Redline "Cryin' Heart Blues", Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper "Fired Up", ... Misc
Roots Country: ..., Justin Townes Earle "Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now", Jerry Douglas "Traveler", John Wort Hannam "Brambles and Thorns" Catherine MacLellan "Silhouette", V/A "This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark", Farrar, Johnson, Parker & Yames "New Multitudes", Punch Brothers "Who’s Feeling Young Now?", Burns & Kristy "Caravan" Kasey Chambers "Little Bird" , V/A"Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan", Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson "Wreck & Ruin" Radney Foster "Del Rio Texas Revisited", The Steel Wheels "Lay Down, Lay Low", Wanda Jackson "Unfinished Business" ... Misc
www.rootsmusicreport.com

Grammy: Bonnie Raitt "Slipstream", "Once - The Musical", Ravi Shankar (Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award), ... USA
Americana Music Awards: "This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark", The Civil Wars, Bonnie Raitt, Richard Thompson, ... USA
Washington Area Music Awards: Victoria Vox, Seth Kibel, ... USA
ZMR Awards: Luna Blanca "El Dorado", ... Germany
Tony Awards: "Once - The Musical", ... USA
Family Choice and Parents' Choice Approved Awards: Rick Scott "The Great Gazzoon", Elizabeth Mitchell "Little Seeds - Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie", ... USA
European Blues Challenge: Norbert Schneider, ... Austria
International Blues Challenge: Dan Treanor, , ... USA
IBMA Bluegrass Awards : Doc Watson, ... USA
USA Fellows: Joanie Madden, Tony Trischka, ... USA
Sarah McQuaid
Richard Thompson
Madison Violet
Old Man Lüdecke
The Chieftains
Chambers / Nicholson
Rick Scott
Elizabeth Mitchell
www.grammy.com | www.americanamusic.org | www.wamadc.com | www.zonemusicreporter.com
www.parents-choice.org | www.blues.org | www.ibma.org | www.usafellows.org


Canadian Folk Music Awards

Children’s Album of the Year: Henri Godon "Chansons pour toutes sortes d’enfants" Canada
Instrumental Group of the Year: The Fretless "Waterbound" Canada
Vocal Group of the Year: The Once "Row upon row of the people they know" Canada
Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year: Trent Freeman "Rock, Paper, Scissors" Canada
Solo Artist of the Year: Michael Jerome Browne "The Road Is Dark" Canada
Ensemble of the Year: The Fretless "Waterbound" Canada
Pushing the Boundaries: Sagapool "Sagapool" Canada
English Songwriter of the Year: Catherine MacLellan "Silhouette" Canada
Traditional Singer of the Year: Lenka Lichtenberg "Songs for the Breathing Walls" Canada
World Group of the Year: Sultans Of String "Move" Canada
Traditional Album of the Year: Métis Fiddler Quartet "NorthWest Voyage Nord Quest" Canada
Contemporary Album of the Year: The Deep Dark Woods "The Place I Left Behind" Canada
www.canadianfolkmusicawards.ca


Juno Awards: Dan Mangan, Kiran Ahluwalia,... Canada
Western Canadian Music Awards: Dan Mangan, The Fretless, The Deep Dark Woods, Sarah MacDougall, ... Canada
East Coast Music Awards: Vishtèn, The Once, The Stanfields ... Canada
Music Nova Scotia Awards: Christina Martin, The Modern Grass, ... Canada
Hamilton Music Awards: S.G Sinnicks, ... Canada
The SiriusXM Independent Music Awards: Lisa LeBlanc, ... Canada
Henri Godon
Catherine MacLellan
Modern Grass
www.junoawards.ca | www.breakoutwest.ca | www.ecma.ca |
www.musicnovascotia.ca | www.hamiltonmusicawards.com | www.indies.ca


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